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Gentry, Joyce M. – Childhood Education, 1981
Provides an account of observations made in kindergarten classrooms in China. Topics discussed include physical facilities, ideology, curriculum content, health care, behavioral control methods, and availability of kindergartens. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Discipline, Early Childhood Education
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Maxim, George W. – Childhood Education, 1997
Describes a kindergarten/first-grade and a second-grade program for teaching map reading skills. Suggests that map- reading instruction is required to improve children's geography knowledge. Provides ideas on how to observe the environment, use photos, encourage block play, use books, share maps, construct a model of the classroom, read cardinal…
Descriptors: Cartography, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
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Merenda, Rose C. – Childhood Education, 1989
Discusses the writing of a kindergartner involved in a classroom writing workshop. The workshop, which begins the opening week of school, is based on the idea that children have a story to write and can write. (RJC)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
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Reutzel, D. Ray – Childhood Education, 1992
Most early childhood teachers support breaking away from the letter-a-week method of teaching the alphabet but question how to achieve that goal. Concepts related to how young children learn the alphabetic principle are reviewed and successful strategies for teaching the principle are presented. (LB)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Classroom Techniques, Grade 1, Kindergarten
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Tiballi,Brooke; Drake, Laura – Childhood Education, 1993
Reviews research on literature discussion groups, which suggests that groups allow readers to bring personal experiences to and take meaning from books, and young readers come to deeper levels of understanding. Discusses the use of literature groups in a kindergarten classroom, focusing on the teacher's use of and responses to literature, and the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Discussion Groups
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Barclay, Kathy; Breheny, Camille – Childhood Education, 1994
Discusses a method for assessing, evaluating, recording, and reporting pupil progress in kindergarten classes. Describes how continuous assessment and evaluation becomes part of the instruction process, and is conducted through teacher logbooks, skills checklists, portfolio folders, and "pupil passport" folders forwarded to first-grade teachers.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Early Childhood Education, Holistic Evaluation, Informal Assessment
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Myers, Barbara Kimes; Myers, Michal Elaine – Childhood Education, 1999
Refers to the words "spirit" and "spirituality" not in terms of religion but as human qualities that allow children to transcend or move beyond that which they do not yet understand. Illustrates the encouragement of these qualities in a kindergarten program and the program's use of literature to help students grow spiritually.…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Techniques, Individual Development, Kindergarten